3 years ago
Congratulations to the 2023 recipients of the University of North Carolina University Teaching Awards!
Congrats Dr. Gary Pielak, Kenan Distinguished Professor for being awarded the 2023 Johnston Teaching Excellence Award.
Category: News
3 years ago
News from our state: NC Books $2.1B in New Life Sciences Facilities, 2,700 Jobs in 2022, Wins Accolades for Overall Investments
Life sciences and related companies from around the world announced new or expanded facilities in 2022 that will bring more than $2.1 billion in investment and over 2,700 new jobs to North Carolina. (Courtesy of NC Biotechnology Center)
3 years ago
Open Basic Science T32 Postdoctoral Research Positions
Join an established interdisciplinary postdoctoral T32 fellowship program in basic and translational aspects of genetics, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, pathophysiology and treatment of liver and gastrointestinal tract disorders. Program goals are to attract Ph.D., M.D. and DVM postdoctoral trainees to these fields and to provide training in state-of-the-art research techniques. Fellowships are for two years, and are funded by an NIH (NIDDK) Institutional T32 Training Grant.
3 years ago
Rebecca Berlow featured in 2023 Biophysical Society
Dr. Berlow was featured in the January 2023 BPS Bulletin Know the Editor series.
3 years ago
Welcome Dr. Yasemin Kübra Akyel Visiting Scientist to the Sancar lab and our department
Medipol University's faculty member Dr. Yasemin Kübra Akyel started to work in the laboratory and supervision of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Prof. Dr. Aziz Sancar in December 2022. Akyel works in the fields of 'DNA Repair' and 'Circadian Rhythm' and has a fellowship from TÜBİTAK
3 years ago
Grad student Edgar Faison in Zhang lab published RNA research in Biomolecules
Grad student Edgar Faison and Zhang lab collaborated with Dr. Ramamoorthy's group at the University of Michigan to use polymer nanodiscs as a novel alignment medium for measuring residual dipolar couplings on RNA.
3 years ago
Innovate Carolina: Forward Focus (FY2021-22)
Links to impact report. UNC Inventions include therapeutics, research tools/methods, biomarkers/diagnostics, drug delivery, imaging, and much more. Congruent with Carolina’s research pipeline that is focused heavily on biomedical endeavors, the majority of its licenses are in the life sciences sector. 36 % of licenses were related to tangible property (research tools, including mice, cell lines, and antibodies). The Innovation Hub and Downtown District coming soon.
3 years ago
Jill Dowen promoted to Associate Professor with tenure
Congratulations to Jill Dowen, Associate Professor in the Biochemistry & Biophysics Department and the Biology Department, who received tenure as a UNC faculty effective January 1, 2023.
3 years ago
Our department gathered to celebrate Marsha Lynn Ray at her retirement party on Dec. 16, 2022
On December 16th, people from all over campus came by to wish Lynn off to a wonderful start to her retirement, including members from our department, her peers from other units, retired faculty, and facilities members. We shared treats, cupcakes, and laughter!
3 years ago
Carolina maintains its rankings as a leading U.S. research institution
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released its 2021 fiscal year Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) data, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has once again ranked 10th for federal funding and 13th overall in the national research rankings for public and private universities...
3 years ago
Xian Chen PhD featured on The Proteomics Show podcast “Road to Chicago” series
Xian Chen PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics is featured on The Proteomics Show podcast "Road to Chicago" series highlighting speakers at the upcoming US HUPO meeting in Chicago in 2023...
3 years ago
Rodney Park’s first author pub is out in Nature Chemical Biology
Congratulations to Rodney Park Ph.D. (2022 alum) who has a first-author publication "Designer installation of a substrate recruitment domain to tailor enzyme specificity" which was published in Nature Chemical Biology on December 12, 2022.